Rough Draft – March/April 2009
Spring has sprung! Hope that this issue is blooming with articles of interest to you. We’ve tried to include something for everyone. Enjoy!
View ArticleChapter Earns Excellence Award
Chapter President Karen Zorn has been notified that the Phoenix Chapter has earned the Society’s Community of Excellence award for 2008-2009. Dale Erickson, manager of the Community Achievement Award...
View ArticleFreelance Writing – Is It for You?
by Gloria McConnell, Managing Editor Freelance writing jobs abound. A search of the words “freelance writing jobs” on Google returns almost 7.5 million hits! According to oDesk oConomy (as reported on...
View ArticleTexting, Tweeting, IMing… Oh My!
Rich Maggiani, founder of Solari Communication, discussed the finer aspects of listening and its importance in communication at our April meeting. The focus was on verbal communication – you speak and...
View ArticleTooling Around
PHP basics by Gloria McConnell, Rough Draft Managing Editor and Tool Snoop Pages on the Internet used to be HTML and HTML alone. Now we see a complete aphabet soup of file extensions on the Web. In...
View ArticleProperly Format Your Clients’ Tantalizing Titles
Editor’s note: The following article is reprinted from a Writer’s Relief Proofers’ Newsflash. Writer’s Relief, Inc. is one of the companies that uses freelance documentation specialists (proofreaders...
View ArticleGrammar Anyone?
Power starts – keeping the blah out of sentences by Ms. Grammar Have you ever noticed sentences that begin weakly? One of the most commonly used, yet weak, starts to a sentence includes the word...
View ArticleCongratulations to Active Chapter Members
The following Phoenix Chapter members have recently been elected to SIG (Special Interest Group) positions: » Chanda Child - Treasurer, Contracting & Independent Consulting SIG » Linda...
View ArticleBook Drive – You Can Still Donate!
Thank you to the folks who remembered to bring books to the chapter used-book drive. Our books will be given to VNSA, the Volunteer Nonprofit Service Association for their annual book sale. If you did...
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The Back Page
Creativity in technical communication by Gloria McConnell, Rough Draft Managing Editor Thank you, Dr. JoAnn Hackos. Well known in Society for Technical Communication circles for many years, Dr. Hackos...
View ArticleAbout the Rough Draft
Newsletter basics The Rough Draft is the official newsletter of the Society for Technical Communication, Phoenix Chapter community. The newsletter provides news about chapter events, members, and...
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